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Merging AI and Underwater Photography
The LOBSTgER research initiative at MIT Sea Grant explores how generative AI can expand scientific storytelling by building on field-based photographic data.
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Explore MechE Classes
Discover both undergraduate and graduate mechanical engineering classes at MIT on our updated Class Offerings page.
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Initiative for New Manufacturing
MIT announces its Initiative for New Manufacturing (INM), which aims to ignite job creation and reinvigorate U.S. industrial production with leading-edge technologies. President Sally Kornbluth says: “Helping America build a future of new manufacturing is a perfect job for MIT.” MechE Department Head John Hart is one of the INM's three faculty co-directors.
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Rapid Materials Discovery
A system utilizes a robotic probe to measure a key electrical property, known as photoconductance, to quickly determine the properties of new materials.
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Inspired by Nature
A new medical device that can stick to soft surfaces inside the GI tract is based on the ‘suction cup’ organ evolved by remora, a group known as suckerfish that use it to hitch rides on other animals.
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3-D Printed Bridge Repair
3D printing technique may provide a cost-effective, minimally disruptive solution for on-site bridge repair.
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